Figured I'd give my two cents here as I'm setting up my first viv, and I come from a tropical plant/aquarium background. I spent a lot of time these past few weeks researching lighting, and ultimately narrowed it down to a T5 HO or an LED. I browsed both here and dendroboard pretty extensively, and I think I came to realize that the Finnex Planted+ might be the best bang for your buck. In particular, I was looking at the HLC model. It's a bit outside your budget ($66 on Amazon) but this article in particular did a really nice writeup on it. IMO it seems worth it to buy from a company that's already well reviewed and has long history of manufacturing products in this space.